Chapter 18: A Big Favor (Part 3)

Julia's POV

Julia, Mr. Takeshi, and Mr. Bavecqua drinking inside a Japanese restaurant. "I heard you retired because of you injured?" Julia drink her oolong quietly as she observed them.

Mr. Bavecqua put his glass and a beaming smile drawn on his face. Julia grabbed her sushi with chopsticks.

"It's alright, if you don't want to answer it, Bavecqua-san." Mr. Takeshi said. He raised his hand, and a waiter comes to their table.

"I want a tonkatsu ramen, Mr. Takeshi. Would you join me?" Mr.Takeshi smiled and nod.

"Make it same order three," Julia interrupts as she put chopsticks on the plate. "Can I get the refill again?" The waiter nods and left them.

Mr.Bavecqua drinks his mineral water and took a deep breath. "I'm quit to become an assassin because I already met a person who I really like to spend time with, Mr. Takeshi." Mr. Bavecqua looks at excessive two young adults in front of him.

He sighed. "Alright, I tell you," Julia and Takeshi sat in front of him.

Flashback on

Marco wiped his rifle while he was listening to opera music. A door knocked and made him turned off his gramophone. He walked towards the door and he saw a beautiful woman smiled at him while holding a pie.

"Hi, I'm the daughter of the owner of this building, and I live in room 308 upstair," she greets him and handing him a pie.

"This…" Marco snatched the pie and slammed the door in front of her. He walked to the kitchen counter, and he puts the pie.

Flashback off

Julia and Takeshi groans because he did not continue the story. Both of them looked at each other. "Do you have any encounter with someone, Julia?" Julia nods.

"I met a girl named Cecilia, and she's blind. Well, I haven't known her last name yet, but when I know. I will change it to mine." Takeshi nods and looks at him.

"So, how you fell in love with that girl?" Marco drinks his oolong tea while he look them.

"Why are both of you so excessive?" He asked.

The duo shrugged their shoulders. Marco took a deep breath and continues his story.

Flashback on

Marco looks at the park, and he saw the girl, who handed him a pie yesterday. He took a deep breath and closed his eyes, enjoying the cold afternoon breeze and smoking. He wants to light the fire, but he changes his mind.

Marco stood up and grabbed his jacket, then he was searching for his car key. He was looking for a car key when he heard a knock. He sighed.

He walks towards the door, and he saw the woman yesterday. "Hi, can I come in?" Marco opened the door wide and let her walks to his room.

His interior mesmerized her. She sat on the couch while he gave her a glass of water. "You seem a quiet guy, I've ever met," Marco sat on the armchair.

"Oh, I forgot." She gave Marco a candy. "Can I trust you?" Marco raised his eyebrow.

"What kind of trust?" He asked.

She rubbed her chin, and Marco waits her patiently as he looks at the clock. "Can I be your boyfriend?" Marco dragged her outside, and he slammed the door in front of her. She wants to have a boyfriend or not. It's her business, not him. His thought was full of regret about dragging her like that. He walks to the couch.

When he was about to sit, he heard a knocked door again and growled. He curses loudly because that woman won't stop to disturb him. To Marco's surprised, he did not see the girl, but he saw Maria, who stared at him. Marco knows him in trouble. He picked the candy in his pocket and returned it to Maria.

"I'm sorry," he said, then he closed the door.

He took a deep breath and closed his eyes. "fuck," he took a deep breath and walked to the desk on the corner of the room.

Flashback off

Julia and Takeshi laughs. Marco took a deep breath and tried not to beat them.

"So, you got scolded by Maria?" He nods.

Cecilia's POV

Cecilia walked to her Nonna, who was waiting for her outside of the store. "Are you alright, Cecilia?" Cecilia nods.

She took a deep breath, and they sat on the couch, and waiting for a visitor. "Why are you snapped this morning?" Cecilia leaned on the couch and sighed. She thought Julia gave her hoodie for her to wear instead of giving. She told her to wash her hoodie.

"I thought she wants to act romantic, but I was wrong!" Laughed echoing inside Cecilia's ears.

"She looks like your Nonno, Cecilia." Cecilia looks at her, "um… care to tell?" She asked.

She strokes Cecilia's hairs gently as she told the story.

Flashback on

She looks at the Marco, who was leaving his room and walked to the hallway. She wants to stop him, but her friend wants her to accompany her to study. "I don't even understand this project properly!" Her friend yelled.

She sighed. "Listen…" she took a glance at Marco and ran after him.

"Hey," Marco ignores her. She was an adamant woman who didn't know how to give up. She keeps following, and shouting, until Marco dragged her to the cleaning cupboard and locked the door.

He pinned her on the wall and stared into her eyes. She held her breath. Marco smirked as he cupped her cheek with his left hand. "My name is Marco Bavequa, not 'Hey, stop!' And I'm not deaf. My work as a carpenter at Huang Shu Company, not pay quite good, are you understanding my situation!?" He introduced himself.

She gulped her saliva as their eye meet each other. "I-I…" A sound of footsteps heard as they hiding inside the cleaning cupboard. Marco covered her mouth with his hand and hugged her.

"Don't make a move," he whispered to her.

They were sweating. Either he and her can't get out of the cupboard. "You…" A man opened the cupboard and found Marco and she hugged each other.

Flashback off

Cecilia laughed. "Does Nonna scold both of you?" Cecilia asked.

He Nonna nods. "After that incident…" Her words interrupted by a sound of a bell.

TBC